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Videobass 3.0.0 ReadMe\
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\b0\fs24 The Videobass is a unique hardware software combination - \
an instrument that plays moving images instead of sound. \
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It is an open source project by Swiss media artist Michael Egger. \
For more Information visit http://www.anyma.ch/research/videobass.\
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This is the Readme for the Videobass-Application. \
In itself the Application is useless without the Videobass hardware controller (and, less so, the videobass "amplifier" hardware). Plans for building the necessary hardware can be found on the above website, on the SVN repository at  http://code.google.com/p/videobass/ or by contacting the author by email: me-AT-anyma.ch\
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The application is written in MaxMSP/jitter - its source code is published under GNU GPL 3.0 or greater, please refer to the above SVN repository for latest sources.\
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\b Installation\
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\b0 Drag the Videobass Application into the Applications folder.\
It will generate all necessary settings and folders on startup. These are:\
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 		~/Library/Preferences/Videobass/ 			for settings and preferences
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\b0 		~/Videobass Clips/							clips to be played by the videobass\
		~/Videobass Recordings/					recordings made by the videobass	\
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\b Known Issues\
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\b0 - At the moment, the Application does only work correctly with a screen size of minimum 1920 x 1080 pixels\
- Playback is not optimized yet: frame rate is below optimal (usually between 16 and 20 fps)\
- Playback is only extensively tested for clips in DV-PAL format (720x576 25fps 4:3)\
- Playback is 4:3 only\
- Playback is 360x288 pixels\
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